TV SHORTWhen Fuuta comes home tired at night, all he wants to do is spend time with his new cat. All the mysterious habits and mannerisms of house cats are carefully reproduced in this relaxed and cute comedy about living with an adorable furball! (Source: Yen Press)
TVAs heir to a cult leader, Yukito centers his life around the mysterious goddess Mitama. But everything changes after he’s killed during a ritual gone wrong. To his surprise, Yukito is reborn into a world with no concept of god! And in this world, life and death are decided by the Imperial State. As Yukito fights to protect his new village, someone from his past life lends a helping hand. (Source: Crunchyroll)
MUSICA little boy moves away and his friends give him a map. He returns to his childhood town now as an adult reminiscing of fond memories as he digs up a time capsule they left for him. Music video for the song Kizunakizu by flumpool. It was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
MUSICSometimes when you feel like you've failed, you want to press a reset button to start over. Music video for the song Reset by Azuma Madoka that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
MOVIEThis work, the title of which refers to a species of venomous snake, focuses on interactions between troops and sex workers near Naval Air Facility Atsugi (Kanagawa Prefecture), animated from a child’s perspective. Aihara’s works of this period often incorporate a documentary viewpoint of Japanese society at the time of his childhood. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)
MOVIESet in a cave imagined as an air-raid shelter, images of the surrounding trees are painted over directly on the film. Vivid colors intermixed with the sound of wartime radio communications and bombing create a harmonious composition of documentary and animation. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)
MOVIEFollowing on from SHELTER, the setting is again an air-raid shelter. Close-up images of trees are dissected and reformed abstractly. The film culminates with images of elderly survivors of the war in another example of Aihara’s unique blending of documentary storytelling with abstract illustration. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)
SPECIALKobo Tabata lives in a typical Japanese family. His father is a normal salary-man, his mother's a typical housewife, his grandparents (from his mother's side) help to take care of the family and it's pets, and his uncle's a slightly obese high school teacher. Still, they manage to find odd situations that sometimes arise due to Kobo's growing up process or simply because of their own habits and misunderstandings.
MOVIEYearning to get along with others and not be disliked, first-year high school student Hiiragi finds himself unable to say no whenever someone requests something of him. One summer day, while unsuccessfully carrying out yet another request, he encounters an oni girl named Tsumugi, who has come to the human world to search for her mother. She does whatever she pleases and is the complete opposite of Hiiragi. Snow mysteriously begins to fall... and their adventure begins. (Source: Netflix, edited)
TVEver since their father died, Ichirou Kuga has struggled to support his two younger siblings on nothing but a small inheritance and his passion for drawing manga. But it’s becoming harder to keep up with his growing responsibilities and deadlines, especially after his last two assistants quit to follow their dreams. Just as he’s nearing his breaking point, the beautiful and scarily competent Shiori Goshiki applies to become his new assistant. But there’s something almost otherworldly about Goshiki, and soon Kuga finds his reality turned upside down when she suddenly declares them engaged to marry! (Source: Crunchyroll)
MOVIEA dog we like to pet on the way home from school, an eccentric guy, and ringing doorbells as a prank. That's our life in this town. (Source: Geidai Animation)
TVIn a world of monsters and magic, Sion, the local hero, is on his way to save the world from demons. Well, that was the plan until he fell into a pit dug by a sleazy villager, Touka, and died! After hiding the accident, Touka goes to bed as usual but wakes up feeling…different. Somehow he’s in Sion’s body! Now, the fate of the world is in his hands. What could go wrong? (Source: Crunchyroll)
TVThe Arnold Academy of Sorcery for society’s most elite has just received their first commoner student: Ray White. Despite the contempt he’s received, Ray’s managed to befriend an eclectic group of classmates that get him into all sorts of schemes. But the pressures of maneuvering teenage drama is half his worries, as he secretly is the most powerful sorcerer…the Iceblade Sorcerer! (Source: Crunchyroll)
MOVIEUsagi Tsukino and her friends are living peaceful lives as ordinary high school students. Mamoru Chiba, Usagi's boyfriend, is headed to America to study abroad. At the airport, after Mamoru proposes to Usagi, he is then mysteriously extinguished by someone's hand. Unable to accept Mamoru's disppearance, Usagi hides her memory of that event. Meanwhile, Shadow Galactica, led by Sailor Galaxia, as well as Sailor Starlights appear in front of Usagi. Without knowing whether Sailor Starlights are allies or enemies, the Sailor Guardians are robbed of their Sailor Crystals, the source of their power, by almighty Sailor Galaxia, and are killed by one after another. In a hopeless situation, Usagi, as Eternal Sailor Moon, challenges Sailor Galaxia for the final battle.
MOVIEThe second film in a duology compiling the Mawaru Penguindrum anime with new elements. In order to save the life of their younger sister Himari, twin brothers Kanba and Shoma Takakura search for the Penguindrum under the command of a mysterious penguin hat. Meanwhile, believing in her own destiny, high school girl Ringo Oginome continues to make the events written in her diary come true. All the while, Masako Natsume continues trying to get her hands on Ringo’s diary in order to find guidance to a new destiny. Ten years have passed since they began searching for the Penguindrum, and now Kanba and Shoma, who once boarded a train that changed their destiny, have returned for a moment from that destined place. (Source: Otapedia)
